Dr. Jazz Talks

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Bob Ra-Kalam Moses - incredible drummer and composer, with a beautiful last album Medicine for the Spirit…
We talk about Bob's beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, the New York jazz scene, playing with Tisziji Munoz, Pat Metheny, Rahsan Roland Kirk, Gary Burton, David Liebman and others, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums that Bob did as a leader:
1975 - Bittersuite in the Ozone (with Jeanne Lee, Randy Brecker, John Dearth, Mike Lawrence, David Liebman, Daniel Carter, David Eyges, Howard Johnson, Jack Gregg, Eddie Gomez, Billy Hart)
1983 - When Elephants Dream of Music (with Jeanne Lee, Sheila Jordan, David Gross, Jeremy Steig, Terumasa Hino, Chris Rogers, Jim Pepper, Barry Rogers, David Friedman, Howard Johnson, Bill Frisell, Lyle Mays, Steve Swallow, Michael Formanek, Bob Weiner, Nana Vasconcelos)
1987 - Drumming Birds (with Billy Martin)
1996 - Devotion (with Terumasa Hino, David Liebman, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow)
1999 - Love Everlasting (with George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Tisziji Munoz, John Medeski, Brad Hatfield, John Lockwood, Wesley Wirth)
2009 - Father’s Day B’hash (with Andrei Matorin, Nicole Rampersaud, Stan Strickland, Petr Cancura, Thomas Arabia, Luis Rosa, Nick Videen, Justin Purtill)
2020 - Medicine for the Spirit (with Phil Grenadier, Edmar Colon, Gaia Wilmer, Daniel Bitran Donath, Gustavo D’Amico, James Banks, David Finck)
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[@jazzkuramatto]

Wonderful interview!

[@SamoSalamonMusic]

Txxxx

[@luke125]

I had a trio for awhile in Boston years ago with Bob and various piano players. He’s a real character lol.

[@frederf69]

✌🥁👍WoW!! what a great cool cat 😎🙀 such a great MI
i loved his account of the Jaco & PM 😍
much love and respect to Bob Moses 🙏🙏🙏
thank you for this fantastic interview wow!

[@SamoSalamonMusic]

Hahaha... yeah will do ;)

[@elusiveinsert]

Amazing interview. Man. Inspiring!

[@SamoSalamonMusic]

Txxxxxx... yeah - gotta love Bob...

[@roberthall7336]

Mother Sky is fanTAStic!